Locker construction



Paten-ted F eb.l 2, 193.2v

--UNITEO STATES PATENT OFFICE JAMES E. BALEs, OF AURORA, ILLINOIS,AssIGNoR To LYON METAL rRoDUoTs ,1- Noon PORATED.- OF AURORA, ILLINOIS,A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS LOCKER CONSTRUCTION Application mea may 1,1930. serial No. 448,913.

A very convenient and preferred method' of installing lockers ina roomis to provide 10 a recess in the wall and then install .the lockers inthe recess. The portion of the wall 4above the recess may be.conveniently used for air or heata ducts. The placing of lockers 1n therecess, particularly lin school rooms,`

makes it very convenient for the lockersto be under close observation atall times,l provides a flush construction, and utilizes the space. belowthat portion of the wall structure which is normally used for a heatduct or air duct. The disadvantage of placing the lockers into awallrecess resides in the fact that sufcient space must be provided topermit the lockersto be installed in the recess thereby leaving a spaceabove the lockers and at the sides thereof. Many attempts have been madeAto `conceal this space by fastening strips or molds to the wall andhaving them .extend down over the face of the locker. This conventionalmethod of concealing the space is 0. unsatisfactory and has heretoforerequired thick strips or molds which were unpleasmg and unornamentalaswell as permitting relative vmovement between the molding strips.

The object of the present nvent1on is to conceal the space between thelocker and the wall over the top and at the sides of the' locker7whichis neat and ornamental, which can be fastened securely to thelocker, and which positively conceals any cracks or crevices occuringbetween the wall and the locker. Another object is to provide ornamentalsheet metal flashing which is rigidlyl connected to thelocker by meansof fastening means arranged inside-'of the locker. A further objectisvto provide improved flashingforlocker construction, which flash ingis connected rigidly and detachably to the lockers,4 and which isprovided With al leg or flange makingit possible to score the providea-new andornamental flashing to plaster with a tool so that the leg orflange will become imbedded in the wall to present a neat appearance and.compensate for irregularities in the plaster surface. 1

Numerous other Objects and .advantages will be apparent throughout theprogress of the following specification. Il

The invention comprises in general a metal stripwhich is preferably madelin sections and which covers spaces in thewall above and at the sidesof lockers which are inserted in a wallprecess. The flashing has a clampwhich is loosely fastened to the to or sides of the locker by means of athreaded member extending through the locker and through the clampingmember. The flashing is made with an inturned leg which fits between theloose clamp and the locker bod The threaded member is`operated from t einside of the locker for holding the flashing ri idly but disconnectablyto the locker. The ashing is preferably made in sections, the ends ofthe sections being covered by a`n ornamental plate which is 'screwed-to,the flashing.-

The juncture at the corners Where the overcovered by Aan ornamentalcorner bracket.

'head flashing engages the side flashing is;

The accompanying drawings illustrate a selected embodiment of theinvention and.-

the views therein are as follows: v

Fig. 1 is a detail elevation partly .in -section showing a plurality oflockers arranged in a wall recess and having the improved fiashingarranged in place.

F 2 is a detail sectional view on the` line 2-2`of Fig.. 1 showing the'ashing in position with the` clamping ymeans looseq or unclampefd. Fig.3 is a similar view showing the clampin'means in locked or'clampedposition.

ig. 4 is a detail .perspective view of the y clamping member.

`. Referring tothe drawings, 5 designates a wall construction having arecessl 6 provided'\ therein into which a plurality of lockers 7 arearranged. The lockers preferably rest on the -oor 8 and are arranged inadjacent position side by-side in any manner desired but preferably withthe front Yface of the lockers substantially flush with` the wall. To

insert the lockers within the recess 6 sufficient room must be requiredto permit them to be inserted easily inthe recess whereby a space 9 isleft between the sides and top of the locker and the surrounding wall.Flashing 10 is provided to cover up the spaces 9 at the top and thesides. This flashing has an upper inturned leg or flange 11 which fitsinto a recess or slot 12 formed or cut into the wall surface. The loweredge of the flashing has an inturned flange or leg 13 which is bentupwardly to provide a surface 14 which bears against the front upperedge 15`-of the lockers 7. The surface 14 is bent over at right anglesas indicated at 16 to provide an inwardlyextending flange or leg 17which is adapted to bear against the top 18 of a locker. Where theflashing is used at the sides, the surface 14 bears against the front ofthe locker at the side edges, and the leg 17 bears against the sides ofthe locker near the front thereof.

Metal clips or clamping members 19, each vcomprising a substantiallyflat body portion 20 and front and rear legs or flanges 2l and 22, areprovided for securing the flashiig' to the lockers. Each clamping memberalso has integral side flanges 23 and 24 whose bottom edges 25 areadapted to impinfve the inturned leg or-flange 17 between the locker anda clampin member 19. Each clamping member is a so provided with athreaded opening 26 to receive a threaded member or screw 27 whichextends through an openingv overlies the front wall 15.0f the locker,thereby drawing the flashing as a whole inward to clamp it against thefront wall 15 of the locker. In order to permit of this inward clampingaction, the hole 28f for the screw is made a little larger thalrthediameter of the screw shank.

The flashing is fastened to the lockers by 3. "Ihe inturned flange 11ofthe flashing is free to engage the wall surface which may be scoredwith a scratch awl or other instrument` to provide the recess o'r slot12. The leg 11 is free to engage this slot and'become imbedded thereinto present a neat and even appearance and to compensate for#irregularities in the plaster surface.

The flashing is preferably made in a plurawn against the overhangingmeans of the legs 17 being clamped between the clamps 19 and a part ofthe locker 29, Fig.

rality of sections, and the joint formed where .one section abutsanother is covered with a substantially channel-shaped sheet metalmember 30 over which an ornamental plate 31 is fastened in anyconvenient manner such as by screws 32. This same flashing is imbeddedin lthe wall at the sides of the locker in exactly the same manner asthe upper aflashing is imbedded in the wall above the lockers.

At the corners where the ver,

tical flashing connects with the horizontal flashing, a corner clip 33is fastened to the flashing in substantially thesame manner as themembers 30 are fastened to the horizontal flashing. An ornamental cornermember 34 is fastened to the side and top flanges as clearly shown inFig. 1.

In practice the flashing -s arranged in place with the screw 27 operatiely engaging the clamp 19 with the screw just threadedly engaging theclamping member as shown in Fig. 2. The leg 17 of the flashing isinserted in the opening or space 9 between the loosely mounted'clamping' member 19 and the top 18 of a locker. In this position thefastening member or screw 28 is tightened by merely lrotating thefastening member 28 from the inside of a locker. The tightening of thescrew 28 will cause the front flange 21 of the clamp to extend 'over thevertical surface 14 of the flashing and impinge this front face betweenthe leg or flange 21 of the clamp and the front face 15 of the locker,Fig. 3.` The tightening of the screw member 28 also causes the side legsor flanges 23 and 24 of the clamping member to bear against the top ofthe flashing leg 17 and impinge this flashing leg between the flanges 23and 24 of the clamping member and the -top 18 of the locker. The screws32 fasten the strips 30 and the ornamental plates 31 or the cornerplates 33 and 34to the flashing.

The invention. permits light sheet metal to be used for concealing allopenings, cracks, or creviees occurring between the lockers at the sidewalls and top of the recess. The flashing is secured rigidly butdetachably to the wall locker. The turned leg on the flashing is adaptedto become imbeddedfin a recess or slot which may be made in the plasterwall with a tool suchv as a scratch awl, thereby presenting an evensurface and compensating for irregularities in the plaster surface. Ifthe lockers'are to be replaced, the

ing can be released from the lockers by operating a screw which isoperated from the inside of a locker. The flashing and the clampingmember may be preformed and shipped to the point of installation insections. The sections are easily arranged' in place, and attachedto thelockers for concealinp: the space surrounding the locker and wall. Theflashing is attractive and ornaflashing may be easily-removed, as theflash f recess therein, of a locker arranged in said the locker and therecess whereby a space is left between the wall and the locker, aflashing for concealing said space and envaging the front face of frontface of the wall and having a leg extending into the space between thelocker and the wall, and a member arranged on the outside of said lockerand operable from the inside of said locker '('for locking said flashingsecurely to the vfront of the wall. and front wall of the locker.

2. The combination with a wallhaving a recess therein, of a lockerarranged in said recess whereby a space is left between the wall and thelocker, a flashing. for conceal-` iilgsaid space and having a legextending into the space between the locker and the wall,

means in said space for vclamping said leg to the locker, and meansoperable `from the inside of the locker for operating the clampingmeans.

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s. The combinacion with wan having a recess therein, of a lockenarranged in saidY recess whereby a space is left between the wall andthe locker, a flashing for covering upsaid space and having a legextending into Ythe space between the locker and the wall,

av clamping member loosely connected to the locker, and means fortightening said clamping member whereby said leg will bel impingedbetween a part of the locker and said clamping member. f 4. Thecombination with `a wall having a recesstherein, of a locker arranged insaidl recess whereby la space is left between Vthe i 'wall and thevlockerof a member loosely connected to the locker, llasliin forconcealing said space,.a leg integral with said flashing and adaptedtobe arranged between said member andra part of the lcker, and means forfastening 'said member` o impinge said leg between the locker part andthe member.

5. The combination with a wall having a recess therein, of a lockerarranged in said recess whereby Aa spaceis left between the' wall andthe locker, of a member loosely con'- nected tothe top ofsaidlocker,front and side Vflanges on said member, flashing forconcealing said space and having a surface engaging a part ofthe frontofsaid locker, a leg on said surface and adapted to be arranged betweensaid member and a part of the locker, and

fastening means for tightening said member in position, whereby lthefront flange on the member engage the surface engaging part on theflashing, and the side flanges on said clamping member will press saidleg tightly against the top of the locker.

6. The combination with a wall having a recess therein, of a lockerarranged in said recess whereby a space'isleft between the wall and thelocker, o f a member loosely connected to the top of said locker, fr ontand side flanges on said member, flashing for covering said\ space andhaving surfaces engagmg the locker, and tightening means engageable withsaid member, whereby tightening thereof causes parts of the member toimpinge said surfaces between the member and-the locker.

7. The combination with a wall havinga recess therein, of a locker-.rranged in said recess whereby a space is legi wall and thelocker, ofavclam g member loosely connected to the locker, front and side ilangeson said clamping member, flashing for concealing said space andhavingsurfaces engaging the locker, and fastening. means operable fromtheinside of a locker and engaging said clamping member, whereby tighteningof said fastening means causes said l t between the clamping means to bepulled inwardly and impinge thelocker engaging surfaces vof the flashingbetween the locker and the clamping member. i

8: lThe combination of a locker havin a lockable closure arranged inposition relative `to a wall whereby a space is left between the walland the locker, of flashing'for concealing said space, and a clampingmember located wholly within the space between the walls and the locker,and means operable and accessible only from the inside of the locker foroper-- ating the clamping .member forl fastening said flashing to saidlocker.

9. The combination of a locker arranged in Y' position relative to awall whereby a space is left between the wall and the locker, a flashingfor concealingsaid space, locker engaging surfaces on the'flashing,means arranged on a surface of said locker and adaptedto cooperate withsaid locker/engaging surfaces on the i flashing,;and 4fastening meansoperated from the' inside of said locker for tightening said last namedmeans whereby said locker engaging surfaces on the llashing will beimpingedfbetween a surface of the locker and said'next to last namedmeans. v

10. The combination of a locker arranged in position relative to a wall,whereby a space is left between the wall and the locker, of flashing for"concealing said s ace, a turned leg on said flashing extending intosaid space and'adapted. to-bear against-a surface of a locker, means foryclamping said leg against a surfaceof the locker, and tightening meansfor said last named means.

11. The combination of a locker arrangedA l in position relatively to awall, whereby a space is left between the wall and the locker,

a iashing for concealing the space, said ias'hing having an edge vfreelyoverlying the front surface of the wall and having another edge freelyoverlying the front wall of the locker and detachable means for holdingthe flashing securely against said front faces, said means beingdisposed in said recess between the extreme wall of the locker and theadjacent face of the wall.

12. The combination of a locker arranged in` position relatively-to thewall, whereby space is left between the wall and the locker, said wall.having a score line of some depth in its front face, a flashing forconcealing the space, said flashing being formed of sheet material andhaving a free rearwardly turned edge adapted to lie in said score, saidflashing having its other edge overlying the front face of the locker,and means for clamping said flashing in such position.

13.- The combination ofa locker arranged in position relative to a wallwhereby space is left between the wall and the locker, a flashing forconcealing said space, said flashing extending over the front face ofthe wall and the locker, and having a portion extending into the space,and means disposed in said space between the locker and the wall fordrawing the iashing inwardly into clamping contact with the front facesof the wall and the locker.

14. The combination of a locker arranged in position relative to a wallwhereby space is left between the wall and the locker, a

overlie the shoulder of the flashin said clamping member having inclinedsi es and \a threaded aperture, a screw passing through scribed my name.

JAMES E. BALES.

flashing for concealing said space, said`ashing extending over the frontface of the wall and the locker, and having a portion extending into thespace, and -means disposed in said space between the locker and the wallfor drawing the ashing inwardly into clampin-gcontact with the frontfaces of the' wall and the locker;

4 15. The combination of a locker arranged in position relative to awall whereby space is left between the wall and the locker, a flashingfor concealing said space, said Hash# ing extendingl over the front faceof the wall and the locker, a` clamping member disposed in said spacebetween the locker and the wall and having a portion engaging thevflashing to vdraw the latter inwardly, and VKmeans engaging the sidewall of the locker and cooperating with said clamping member to draw theflashing inwardly toward the wall and the front wall of the locker.b

16. The combination of a; locker arranged iny position relative to awall, wherebyl a space is left between the wall and the locker, aflashing overlying'the front face of the wall and the front face of thelocker and having a portion providing an inwardly extending shoulder, aclamping member dise posed in the space between the wall and theadjacent side of the locker, said clamping member having an outer endadapted to

